Export unit values, US dollar in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Export unit values, US dollar was 0.7245 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Export unit values, US dollar in Burkina Faso, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.7245 for export unit values, us dollar in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.7% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.13 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5493, in 1966.
Burkina Faso ranks 79th of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 0.6202 | — |
| 1964 | 0.592 | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5655 | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 0.5493 | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.5795 | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.6455 | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 0.7144 | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 0.6928 | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.7476 | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 0.7956 | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.862 | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 0.8611 | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.7212 | -16.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7413 | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8684 | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 0.8086 | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 0.9425 | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7467 | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 0.6579 | -11.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7037 | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7718 | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6619 | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8767 | +32.4% |
| 1986 | 0.8865 | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9675 | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1.06 | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9534 | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 1.08 | +13.4% |
| 1991 | 1.13 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 1.07 | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 1.09 | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 1.07 | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9996 | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 1.09 | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 1.07 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.07 | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.01 | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 1.06 | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9275 | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8639 | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8652 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1 | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9102 | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9596 | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 0.984 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9643 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8207 | -14.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9079 | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8798 | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1 | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9248 | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 0.7245 | -21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6095 | 0.5493 | 0.7144 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.8041 | 0.6928 | 0.9425 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8284 | 0.6579 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 | 0.9996 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9357 | 0.8207 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8874 | 0.7245 | 1 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Burkina Faso?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Burkina Faso was 0.7245 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 in 1991.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5493 in 1966.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Burkina Faso ranks 79th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.